Swinging door.



U. E. TUGIVH.

SWINGING DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED nIc.2I. I9I4.

LL'Y. Patented Nov. l16, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

Vits equipment with my im twin i UUNO E. TUOlVII, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOUR.

SWINGING DOOR.

Specification of Letters latent.

Application tiled December 21, 1914. Serial No. 872,253.

To all ytf1/2.0m t may concern.'

Be it known that l', UUNo E. TUoMI, a

subject or' the Emperor of Russia, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Swinging Doors; and l do declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use'the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and ligures oi reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specilication. My invention` relates to swinging doors, and more particularly to a door of that class which is hingedly mounted to swing in either direction, the object of the present invention being to provide a hinge which will allow the door to not only swing in either .direction but also to swing in either direction and from either vertical edge.

ln accomplishing this object I have provided improved details of structure, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a door frame and door equipped with a hinge in accordance with my invention. Fig. Il is a plan view showing the door closed in full lines and indicating the double swinging movement in dotted lines. Fig. IH is a detail perspective view of the hinge floor plate. Fig. 1V is a detail perspective vie-w of the bottom corner hinge. Fig. V is a longitudinal section oi the same. Fig. VI is ahorizontal .section of the same. longitudinal section of the upper 'corner hinge and its rail. Fig. Vlll is a bottom corner perspective ot a part of the door and the lower corner hinge. F ig. 1X is a detail perspective or' the lower corner hinge barrel. Fig. X is a similar view of the lower corner hinge plunger'.

Referring more in detail to the parts 1 designates a door iframe and 2 a door that is mounted in the frame with the usual snugness but adapted for swinging in either direction and from either edge by reason of proved hinge.

Fixed to the floor directly within the side members or" the door frame are arcuatile floor plates having upwardly facing groovesV 5; the groove in each of the floor plates being concentric with a central point in the other floor plate, each of said floor Fig. V11 is a plates having a central socket 6 and the groove in each plate being concentric with the socket and groove of the opposite plate.

The groove in each plate comprises a base portion and an upper portion which are formed by providing the arcuatile shelves 8 at the sides ot' the base groove members, and the shelves 8 are curved outwardly at the ends in order ceiving the hinge plungers and guiding the same to the grooves, as will presently be described.

F iXed in a mortise groove in each lower corner of the door is a bracket 11 comprising a base plate 12 and a spaced plate 13, which latter is provided with the end legs 14 that space the body portion from the plate l2 and with a hook 15 which is adapted for taking into a slot 16 in a key plate 17 that is fixed to the door The outer end of the base plate 12 is provided with an opening 18 which is adapted to aline with the groove in the floor plate; the body 12 being preferably enlarged at that point to accommodate the opening which is of substantial size relative tothe width of the body plate. The base plate 12 is also provided with side screw holes 20 in order that the bracket may be fastened in a metal door.

Loosely mounted within the bracket l1 and projected beneath the body plate 12 of each of the corner hinges is a barrel 22, preferably square in cross section and adapted to fit snugly within the upper groove member in the floor plate and rest upon the shelves 8 that form the lower groove in said plate, so that while the barrel may travel freely through the plate groove when the door is swung it is held against rotation by its engagement with the sides of the groove.

The barrel 22 is provided at its inner rat-.entes nav. ie, reis.'

to form the mouths 9 for reat the base of the mortise.

corners with ribs 23 that are adapted for seating within the sockets 26 in the head 25 of a spring rod 24 that lies within the bracket 11, so that the rods may pivot on the ribs as presently described. The rod 24: terminates a short distance from the inner leg 14 of the spaced bracket member and carries a spring 28 which bears against the shoulders 29 of the rod head 25 and at its inner end against a disk 30 that is threaded .on a screw 31 that is carried on theinner leg let and is spaced from the end of the spring rod so that the spring may have free lateral movement between the rod and screw. The disk 30 is provided Vwith peripheral sockets 32 for receiving a tool by which the disk may be Y Bel which is adapted to turn within the barrel f and has a socket 35' in its lower end for carrying an anti-friction bearing member 36. The bearingV member 36 has an axis 37 the ends of which project into vertical slots 3S inthefplunger so that the bearing member may have limited travel longitudinally withinthe plunger, but said member is normally tensioned to its outermost position by a spring 39 which islocated within the socket and. seats against the anti-friction member to project said member.

rlhe upper end of the plunger has a shank l() which is riveted in the bracket member 13 and theflower end of the plunger projects beyond the endof the barrel Q2 and is adapted for fitting snugly within the lower groove member of the floor plate, so that the bearing member may travel along the bottom of the groove and may, when it reaches the center of the plate, be projected into the socket 6 taerein.

The plunger 3ft has flat sides Li3 which bear against the sides of the groove in the faceplate when theplunger is moved therethrough, and curved edges le that tit snugly against the inner face of the barrel and are adapted for turning in a socket 45 that is formed bycutting back the shelves 8 that mark the upper groove member in the floor plate, so that while the plunger may travel freelythrough the small base groove when fitted .into the. groove its narrow way it cannot turn in the groove until it reaches the socketA position. It is apparent, however, that with the socket 45 of sutlicient diameter to receive the plunger on its long axis, the plunger may pivot when in the socket position but that when turned with its long axis out of the circumferential plane y of the groove it will lock in place until turned back to its original position relative to the groove. This potentialit'y of the plunger enables me to secure an anchorage for the hinge at either lower corner of the door, so that when the door is opened from one edge the hinge willrlock and operate at the other edge. The upper corners of the door have mortised grooveswithin which are fixed brackets 46, each of whichicontains a plunger comprising a sccket member 4:7 having a socket 4S, containing aspring i9 and an anti-friction bear-- ing 50 having an axle 5l slidably mounted in `slots 52 Vin the sides of the socket member and urged outwardly by the spring so that it may travel in an upper groove plate 5a Y that is mortised into the upper portion ofthe door frame and serves to complement the lower corner hinge.

.In using the hinge, .assuming the lower and top frame plates'to be arranged as dein place by the plunger and groove parts on the door frame and door respectively. To open the door it is only necessary to push on either of the vertical edges so that the door may pivot on the corner hinges at its opposite edge. When the edge of the door is pushed the anti-friction member in the plunger at the moving edge rides out of the socket in the floor plate onto the base of the groove and the plunger moves through the groove until it leaves the floor plate, the bearing member in the upper plunger also being pressed out of its socket so that its plunger may travel through the groove in the upper plate in the same manner as the like parts in the floor plate. ils the free edge of the door moves open the opposite edge pivots to permit the open travel so that the hinge bracket turns on the barrel Q2 which is held against revoluble movement in the iioor plate; the socket member 34, however, being lixed to the bracket member is turned therewith so that the longer axis of the plunger is moved into the socket fl in the groove shelves S and effectually locks the pivoting hinge against circumferential travel in the floor plate.

It is apparent that with the hinge locked as described the door may turn freely on such hinge, and that as it opens it exerts an increased tension on the spring 2S which tends to return the door to its original position when released. lllhen the door is re leased the spring throws it back to its center, and as the door closes the pivoting plunger is turned within the larger socket until the long axis is again concentric witln the opposite hinge point when the plunger is free to travel in its groove should the door be'pushed from that side, so that it may swing on its opposite pivot. lt is apparent that while the door may swing freely from either side there is no possibilitv of its escaping from its mounting, as the hinge, floor and upper frame plates are curved so that the plungers on opposite sides of the door cannot move therethrough simultaneously and the pivoting plunger is locked to its floor plate when the opposite edge of the door is in open position.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. The combination with frame and door members, one having a grooved plate at each corner position and the other having relative plunger members, each plate having a stepped groove therein and having a base socket, the step portion of the groove having socketed parts concentric with the base socket, eachvplunger comprising a barrel member slidably mounted in the plate groove and movable on the seat portion.

without pivotal movement, and a plunger slidably mounted in the base portion of the groove, and adapted for pivoting in the socketed part of the seat portion, the `barrel being pivotally connected with its carrying ember and the plunger fixed thereto for the purpose set forth.

V2. The combination with door frame and door members, one having a grooved plate at each corner position and the other having relative plunger members, each plate having a stepped groove therein and having a base socket, the sea-t portion of the groove having socketed parts concentric with the base socket, each plunger comprising a barrel member slidably mounted in the plate groove and movable on the seat portion Without pivotal movement, and a plunger slidably mounted in the base portion of the groove and adapted for movement in the socketed part of the seat portion, the barrel being pivotally connected with its carrying member and the plunger fixed thereto, spaced ribs on said barrel, a rod having a head pro vided with sockets for turning on the barrel ribs and yielding means connecting the rod with its carrying member.

8. lThe combination with a door frame and door, of a plate fixed to opposite sides of the door frame and having concentric grooves therein, seats in each of the plate grooves forming shelves concentric with the sides of the base grooves, said shelves having concentric facing sockets, a bracket fixed to each corner of the door, a barrel pivotally mounted in each bracket and having a projecting portion slidably mounted in a relative plate groove, whereby the barrel may travel through the groove without pivotal movement, a plunger pivotally mounted in said barrel and fixed to the bracket, the said plunger being slidably mounted in the base plate groove and adapted for pivoting in the shelf socket. I

a'. The combination with a door frame and door, of plates fixed at opposite sides of the door frame and having concentric grooves therein, seats in each of the plate grooves, forming shelves, said shelves having concentric facing sockets, a bracket fixed to each corner of the door, a barrel pivotally mounted in each socket and having a projecting portion slidably mounted in a relative plate groove, whereby the barrel may travel through the groove without pivotal movement, a plunger pivotally mounted in said barrel and fixed to the door, thesaid plunger being slidably mounted in the base plate groove and adapted for pivoting in the shelf socket, and an antifriction member carried by said plunger and adapted for travel on the base of the plate groove.

5. The combination with a door frame and door, of plates xed to opposite sides of the door frame and having concentric grooves therein, seats in each forming shelves, having concentric sockets, a bracket fixed to each corner of the door, a barrel pivotally mounted in each socket and having a projecting portion slidably mounted in a relative plate groove, whereby the barrel may travel through the groove without pivotal movement, a plunger pivotallj7 mounted in said barrel and fixed to the door, the said ed in the base plate groove and adapted for pivoting in the shelf socket, and an anti friction member carried by said plunger and adapted for travel on'the base of the plate groove, the said plate groove having a base socket concentric with the step sockets for receiving the antifriction member to anchor the plunger to the pose set forth.

6. The combination with door frame and door members, of facing plates fixed to the door frame members at each side of the frame the upper and lower plates on oppositeV sides of the frame having concentric grooves therein, and having spaced steps forming relatively wide upper and narrow base grooves, each plate having a central socket and the steps having sockets concentric with the base socket, a bracket fixed to each corner of the door, and adapted for travel over a relative grooved plate, a barrel pivotally mounted in each bracket and having a squared portion adapted for travel through its relative plate groove without pivotal movement, a plunger, oblong in cross section, pivotally mounted in each barrel, the lower end of the plunger being projected beyond the barrel and adapted for sliding travel in the base plate groove, while the ferrule travels in the upper plate groove, the plunger being adapted for travel through its groove along its short axis and for pivotal movement in the seat sockets along its long axis, an antifriction member carried by the plunger and adapted for seating in the base sockets in the plate groove, and yielding means for normally retaining the door in closed position.

7. The combination with an anchor plate having a groove therein, of steps at opposite sides of the groove having facing sockets concentric with the groove, a barrel pivotally mounted in the door bracket and hai/*ing a squared end slidably mounted in the plate of the plate grooves,

groove and uponl the stepped part thereof, a

plunger fixed to the door and pivetally mounted in said barrel, the plunger having flattened sides and being projected into and adapted for travel in the base groove in the plate and for pivotal movement in the barrel and in the step portion of the grooved plate.

8. The combination with an anchor plate having a groove'therein, of steps at opposite sides of the groove having facing sockets concentric with the groove, a barrel pivplunger being slidably mount- Y plate for the pur j Y Y 1,160,676 r sockets and the plunger having 'a vdownwardly opening socket, an antifriction member mounted in said plunger and adapted for seatingY inthe base member in said plate, and a spring in the plunger socket engaging VVthe antifriction member to urge the sameto its seat in said base socket.

9. The combination with a iXed tramev plate having an arcuatile groove, steps at the sides of the groove forming base and upper guides, of a door bracket,r a barrel pivotally mounted in said door bracket and adapted for travel in the upper plate guide, a plunger xed to the bracket and adapted Vi'or travel in the loiver plate guide, the plunger having a long and a short aXis and the step portion Vot the guide plate khaving facing sockets wherebj7 the plunger may travel through the plate groove Without pivotal movement and may pivot inthe step sockets Asubstantially as set forth. Y c

l0. rlhe combination With door trame and doorrmembers, of a plate vfixed to each corner of the frame and having anarcuatile' groove therein, seats in l the plate groove Y forming upper and Vlower guides, a plate iiXed to each corner ot the door a bracket rev i movabl mounted on said irate Va barrel i 7 pivotallj7 mounted in the bracket andhaving Y a squared` portion slidably mounted in the outer plate guide and on the step therein, a

plunger lined Vto said bracketrandV pivotalljT mounted in said barrel, the plunger having flattened sides `and projecting from the bar-- rel to travel in the inner plate guide, the plate step having facing sockets forming a pivoting enlargement for the plunger', a rod having rocking Contact vvith the barrel, a keeper on said bracket and spaced from the end of vthe rod opposite the barrel, and a spring inclosing the rod and bearing against a part of the rod and against said keeper tor the purpose set forth.

fli. The combination with a 'frame plate having concentric, arcuatile upper and lower grooves of different Widths, of a door bracket, a barrel pivotalljT mounted on the door bracket and adapted for travel in one of the grooves, a plunger fixed to the bracket and pivotally projected through the barrel and adapted for travel in the other plate groove, the plate having a socket portion and the plunger being oblong in cross section to slide through its groove without pivotal movement and to turn in said socket, a member carried by the bracket and rockablc on the barrel, and a spring connecting thc rod and bracket tor the purpose set forth.

l2. ylie combination with a door, of a fixed hinge plate ha ing an arcuatilc stepped groove and having concentric sockets in the grooved ste as, a Vhinge member fixed to the door and comprising a barrel adapted for guided travel in one ot` said groves, a plunger tixed to the door member and adapted tor guided travel in the other hinge member and for pivotal moement in the larger socket, an anti-friction member slidablj7 mounted in the plunger and adapted tor seating-in the smaller socket, means for yieldingly tensioning said antifriction member to its seat, and a spring mounted in the door hinge member and anchored to said barrel.

135A swinging door hinge comprising a stationary hinge plate, having an al'cuatile groove oii'set at its open side to form shelves and having socket in the base of the groove and cavities in the shelves concentric with the base groove, a door hinge member, a barrel loosely mounted in said member and having locking anchorage therein, one end of the barrel being squared and projected into the o'liset portion ot the groove in the Vfixed plate to permit said barrel to travel in the groote without pivotal movement, a plunger i'ixed to the door hinge member and having llat ifaces 'or guiding engagement with the base groove and curved edges adapted 'for permitting pivotal movement ol' the plunger in said recesses, a tumbler in said plunger adapted tor taking into the base socket, a rod having a head engaging the barrel and a keeper member in the door hinge member, and a spring surrounding the rod and engaging the keeper member and rod head.

ln testimonjT whereof l ai ix my signature in presence ot tivo witnesses.

UUIO E. T U CM1. `Witnesses LYNN A. Roenvsox, Lern E. CoA'rs.

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